📚 Watts Alan – The Universe Experiencing Itself
17. Stop Trying to Be Someone

41. Stop Trying to Be Someone — Coming Soon

A preview of a series exploring the exhaustion of self-performance — and the profound freedom that appears when we stop striving to become someone and simply allow ourselves to be.

Essay premiere: August 04, 2026

2000-08-30 • 1 min read

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Teaser

Most of life’s exhaustion comes from performing a version of ourselves we don’t actually believe in.

We chase images, improvements, and identities as if existence were an audition.

This series cuts through the noise and asks what happens when you stop trying to become someone and allow yourself to simply exist.

Freedom often begins the moment the performance ends.

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"You don’t find yourself by becoming more — but by dropping what was never you."